Spin Diffusion in Spin Glasses Require Two Magnetic Variables, $\vec{M}$ and $\vec{m}$
Abstract
Experiment has established that spin-glasses can support a steady-state spin current . However, the accepted theory of spin glass dynamics permits oscillations but no steady-state spin current. Onsager's irreversible thermodynamics implies that the spin current is proportional to the gradient of a magnetization. We argue, however, that the magnon distribution function associated with the local equilibrium magnetization cannot diffuse because it represents variables. We therefore invoke the non-equilibrium magnetization , which in spintronics is called the {\it spin accumulation}. Applying the theory of irreversible thermodynamics we indeed find that it predicts spin diffusion, and we consider other experimental consequences of the theory, including a wavelength-dependent coupling between the reactive and the diffusive degrees of freedom.
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@article{arxiv.2210.05865,
title = {Spin Diffusion in Spin Glasses Require Two Magnetic Variables, $\vec{M}$ and $\vec{m}$},
author = {Chen Sun and Wayne M. Saslow},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.05865},
year = {2023}
}
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